Improvement in vine-cutter and trimmer



H. W. WHITE.

Vine Trimmer.

No 106,437. Patented Aug. 16, 1870.

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MPETERS, FHom-LIYMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, DV 0 To all who-m fit-mag concern:

ignited swa Letters Patent No. 106,437, dated August 16, 187 0.

IMPROVEMENT IN VINE-CUTTER AND TRIMMER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thassms.

Be it known that I, HARRISON W. WHITE, of J 0ppa Village, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vine-Gutter or 'lrim-mer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will "enable others skilled in 'the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improved vine-trim mcr.

Figure 2 is a l'ace'view of the same.

Similar lcttels-of reference indicate corrcspondin parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved implement for cutting or trimming the runncrs from strawberry vincs planted in hills, which shall be so constructed as to cut off all the runners from the hill ata-singlc operation, and which shall, at-thesamc time, be simple in construction, effective in operation, and conveniently operated and It consists in the cutter ortrimmet-constructed.and

operating substantially as hereinafter more fullydescribed, t A is the handle, which maybe made of any convcnient length.

- To the lower end of the handle A is attached, or

upon it is formed, aforked' arm 13, to the lower ends of the forks of whichis attached a circular knife or band, 0,.the lower edge of which is sharpened, and

which is made of such a size that it may receive the hill of plants within it, so that when forced down around said bill, it may-cut ofl all the runners at a single operation. l

The knife or band C may be made in a solid circle,

,or 'it maybe made in sections, so that it may be contracted or expandedto adjust it to the different growth of the plants; or, if desired, the knife or cutter 0 may be made in the form of a semicircle.

Having thus described my invention, 7

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved vine-trinnner or cutter, cousistingof the handle A, forked arm B, and. knife or cutter 0, whether said knife be made solid in one piece or in sections, and whether it be an entire circle or a semi- ,circlc, substantially as herein shown and described,

and for the purpose set forth.

HARRISON \V. \VHITE.

Witnesses M, 1 PRATT, GEORGE ALLEN. 

